My People Are Rising (25 page)

Clockwise from top left: Poppy and his friend Madison Morrison shortly after the end of WWII, Chicago, 1945; Mommy with me as an infant, Chicago, early 1949; Grandada and I in our Seattle backyard. I've just caught my first fish, in nearby Lake Washington, 1963; Mommy and Poppy in downtown Chicago, 1945.

Elmer at my typewriter trial, Seattle, 1969.

Supporters at my trial regarding the stolen typewriter. Left to right: Michael Taylor (obscured, edge of photo), Jim Groves, my sister Joanne (Dixon) Harris, unknown, Willie Brazier, Kathy Jones, and attorney Mike Rosen, Seattle, 1969.

Valentine Hobbs (foreground) being arrested by the Seattle police at the airport for supporting Black contractors in a construction
dispute, 1969.

Seattle Panthers on the steps of the capitol building in Olympia. Left to right: Anthony Ware, Clark Williamson, Wayne Jenkins, Elmer Dixon (front), Steve Phillips, Larry Tecino. Olympia, Washington, spring 1969.

Cindy Smallwood at a campaign event, 1973. Photo courtesy of Bill Jennings.

Bruce "Deacon" Washington and his son at the Oakland Community School, 1974
or '75. Photo courtesy of Clarence "Stretch" Peterson.

Serving breakfast to Madrona Elementary School students at the Madrona Presbyterian Church. Photo credit: Greg Gilbert,
Seattle Times
, 1969.

The Seattle chapter's community center and free medical clinic, Seattle, mid-1971.